What is 6/8 minus 5/10?
Looking for the result of 6/8 - 5/10? Follow this step-by-step guide to understand how to subtract these two fractions.
How to subtract 6/8 by 5/10?
- Multiply the numerator of the first term, with the denominator of the second term: 6 × 10 = 60
- Multiply the numerator of the second term, with the denominator of the first term: 5 × 8 = 40
- Subtract both of these results together to form the new numerator: 60 − 40 = 20
- Multiply both denominators together to form the new denominator: 8 × 10 = 80
- Combine the results to get the new fraction: 20/80
- Simplify the fraction (20/80) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD (20):
- 20/20 = 1
- 80/20 = 4
- This gives: 1/4.
The result of subtracting 6/8 and 5/10 is : 1/4 (or 0.25 in its decimal form)